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The Spring Dance Theatre Concert will be held May 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Class of '56 Dance Theatre, Schwartz Center. There will be a brief discussion with the choreographers and dancers following each performance. Tickets are $4 for all in advance. For tickets and information, call 254-ARTS. Read the story.exhibits
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, on the corner of University and Central avenues, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Telephone: 255-6464.
* "Portraits by Y.Z. Kami," through May 25.
* "Dark Jewels: Chinese Black and Brown Ceramics From the Shatzman Collection," through June 8.
* "For Our Time: Contemporary Art From the Bennett Collection," through June 8.
* "Keyboard Instruments From the Time of Mozart," through June 15.
* "A Concert of the Senses: 18th Century European Prints," through June 15.
* "The Long River Carries the Moon Silently Away: The Ceramic Art of Ah Leon," through July 6.
* "Clash of Civilizations: Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth Dadi," through July 6.
* "Art and Patterns of Asian Trade in Southeast Asia," through Aug. 17.
* Art for Lunch: On May 1 at noon, learn more about the connoisseurship of the Shatzman collections and the illusionistic works of Ah Leon, with curator Ellen Avril.
* Museum's 30th Birthday Party: May 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. Read the story.
(Third-Floor Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, M-F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
"A Langdon Portrait," through May 1.
(M-Th, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; 255-3265)
"Through the Lens: An Exhibit on the Intertwined History of Entomology and the Microscope," through May 2.
(M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., 1-5 p.m.)
"Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time," in the Hirshland Gallery of the Kroch Library through May 30.
"Reuleaux Collection of Mechanisms and Machines - Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (K-MODDL)," through June 30.
(T-Th, 8 a.m.-midnight; F, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., noon-6 p.m., Sun., noon-midnight, 255-5406)
"Out of the Teeming Sea: An Exhibit of Glass Invertebrate Models," by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, through June 26.
(Hagan Room, Schurman Hall, 9-10 a.m., May 1-13, 16-21 and 23-30. Closed weekends and holidays)
Amazon Indian sculptures by Sergio Arahuanaza Ruiz and wildlife paintings by Fabian Martinez. Presented by the Cornell Esbaran Amazon Field Laboratory on Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism.Films listed are sponsored by Cornell Cinema and held in Willard Straight Theatre, except where noted, and are open to the public. All films are $6 ($5 for undergraduates and seniors/$4 for graduate students and kids 12 and under). Visit the Cornell Cinema web site at http://cinema.cornell.edu. films
"Unseen Cinema: Dance, Dance, Dance - Image, Movement, Abstraction," 7 p.m. For a complete listing, visit http://www.cinema.cornell.edu.
"Talk to Her" (2002), directed by Pedro Almodóvar, with Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti and Leonor Watling, 9:30 p.m.
"Russian Ark" (2002), directed by Alexander Sokurov, with Sergei Dreiden and Mariya Kuznetsova, 7:30 p.m.
"The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984), directed by Frank Oz, 7:30 p.m., Uris.
"Talk to Her," 9:35 p.m., Uris.
"Spirited Away" (2002), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, with the voices of Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette and Jason Marsden, 9:45 p.m.
"Evil Dead II" (1987), directed by Sam Raimi, with Bruce Campbell and Sarah Berry, midnight, Uris.
"Sanjuro" (1962), directed by Akira Kurosawa, with Toshirô Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai, 7 p.m., Uris.
"Russian Ark," 7:30 p.m.
"Evil Dead II," 9:15 p.m., Uris.
"Spirited Away," 9:45 p.m.
"The Muppets Take Manhattan," 11:15 p.m., Uris.
"Student Films I," new digital film projects by Cornell students, 7:30 p.m.
Gender and Violence: "Mann ke Manjeere - Rhythm of the Mind," Sujit Sircar; "Babul - Father," Prasoon Pandey; "Born to Die," Usha Albuquerque; "Life on the Margin," Arun Kumar; and "Women in Conflict," Radhika Kaul Batra, presented by the South Asia Program, 4 p.m., G08 Uris Hall, free.
"Sanjuro," 7 p.m.
"The Digital Video Club Show," the second annual DV Film Festival, 9:20 p.m. Tickets are $2.
"Talk to Her," 7:15 p.m.
"Evil Dead II," 9:40 p.m.
"Songs From the Second Floor" (2002), directed by Roy Andersson, with Lars Nordh and Stefan Larsson, 7:15 p.m.
"Spirited Away," 9:25 p.m.
"The Muppets Take Manhattan," 7:30 p.m.
"Talk to Her," 9:35 p.m.lectures
"Democratization Development and the Challenges for Africa," Kenneth David Kaunda, Independent Republic of Zambia, May 5, 7 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
Salpeter Lecture: Topic TBA, Shri Kulkarni, California Institute of Technology, May 1, 4:30 p.m., 105 Space Sciences Building.
"Discrete Dislocation Modeling of Fatigue Crack Growth in Single Crystals," Alan Needleman, Brown University, May 8, 4:30 p.m., McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall.
"A Square by Any Other Name: Manshiyah Square and the Transformation of Alexandria," Deborah Starr, Near Eastern studies, May 2, 12:15 p.m., 157 Sibley Hall.
"Designing the Library of the Future," Beyhan Karahan, architect, May 7, 4 p.m., Mann Library.
"The Operation and Its Reason: Reflections on the Surgical Constitution of As-If Moderns in India," Lawrence Cohen, University of California-Berkeley, May 2, 3:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall.music
Hilliard Ensemble and Christoph Poppen will perform May 2 at 8 p.m. in Sage Chapel. Tickets range from $15 to $24 for the public and $9 to $14 for students and are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and at the Clinton House ticket office, 116 N. Cayuga St., Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
* May 2, 8 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players will perform music by Cornell graduate composers.
* May 3, 3 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: Piano students of Xak Bjerken present the annual student piano project.
* May 4, 3 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student chamber music recital.
* May 4, 6 p.m., Arts Quad: The Second Annual Percussion Gala, featuring percussion groups from Cornell and a guest ensemble, under the direction of James Armstrong.
* May 4, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Student chamber music recital.
* May 5, 8 p.m., B20 Lincoln Hall: MIDI Madness: student projects for Macintosh and synthesizer.
* May 6, 8 p.m., Barnes Hall: Cornell Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Martin Hatch. Read the story.
May 4: The Lost Boys perform. Bound for Glory is broadcast Sunday from 8 to 11 p.m. from the Café at Anabel Taylor Hall, with live sets at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. Admission is free. Listen to Bound for Glory on WVBR-FM, 93.5 and 105.5.reading
The Creative Writing Program is holding its final reading for this year's MFA graduates May 3 at 6 p.m. in Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.religion
Rev. Anne Ard, director of the Women's Resource Center at State College, Pa., will lead the service May 4 at 11 a.m.
Sundays, 5:30 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel.
Fridays, 7:30 p.m., meet in the lobby of Willard Straight Hall, speakers, open discussion, games and service-oriented activities. Classes, speakers, prayers, celebrations at alternating locations. For more information, call 272-3037 or send e-mail to bahai@cornell.edu.
* Meditations: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 12:15-1 p.m., Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
* Zen Meditation practice is Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Founders Room, ATH. For information, call Anne Marie at 266-7256.
* Weekend Mass schedule: Sundays, 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium.
* Daily Masses: Monday-Friday, 12:20 p.m., ATH Chapel.
* Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sundays, 4 p.m., G-22 ATH.
* Evening Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-6:30 p.m., in Anabel Taylor Hall Chapel.
Testimony meetings: Tuesday, 7:15 p.m., Anabel Taylor Hall. Church services: Sundays, 10:30 a.m., and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., First Church of Christ Scientist, 101 University Ave., Ithaca.
Meets every Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the One World Room, Anabel Taylor Hall.
Wednesdays, worship and Eucharist, 5 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel. Sundays, worship and Eucharist, 9:30 a.m., ATH Chapel. For more information, call 255-4219 or send e-mail to eccu@cornell.edu.
Meeting for worship, Sunday, 11 a.m., in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall. Child care provided. For information call 273-5421.
Hindu discussion every Friday at 5 p.m., in 183 Rockefeller Hall.
Weekly religious service is Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a Gita reading at 5 p.m.
* Conservative and Reform: Fridays, 5:15 p.m., Welcoming in Shabbat with song, in the lobby of Anabel Taylor Hall, followed by a community Shabbat dinner at 6:45 p.m. in the Kosher Dining Hall. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m., Conservative services in the Founders Room, ATH. Call the Hillel office at 255-4227 for more information.
* Orthodox: Friday, Center for Jewish Living, call 272-5810 for weekly times; Saturday, 9:15 a.m., Edwards Room, ATH. For daily service times, call 272-5810; all daily services are at the Young Israel House.
Sundays, 11 a.m., One World Room (in English), and 1 p.m., chapel (in Korean), Anabel Taylor Hall. Call 255-2250 for more information.
Cornell student branch: Sundays, 9 a.m. Call 272-1564 or 255-2928 for transportation.
Campus ministry at St. Luke Church, 109 Oak Ave., in Collegetown, Sundays, 10:45 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bible study Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. For more information call 273-6811 or e-mail rlb8@cornell.edu.
Daily congregational prayer at 218 Anabel Taylor Hall. Weekly Friday prayer, 1:15-1:45 p.m., One World Room, ATH. Weekly Halaqa, Friday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 218 ATH.
For information about United Pagan Ministries, call Cornell United Religious Work at 255-4214.
Sunday service at 11 a.m. in Anabel Taylor Chapel.seminars
"Bio-Diversity, Conservation and Intellectual Property Rights: Unusual Revising of the Debate on Access to Affordable HIV/AIDS Drugs," James Gathii, Albany Law School, May 1, 12:20 p.m., 153 Uris Hall.
"A DNA Damage Response in Cellular Senescence," Fabrizio d' Adda di Fagagna, University of Cambridge, May 6, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"Localized Charge Properties of Individual Semiconductor Quantum Rods," Todd Krauss, University of Rochester, May 1, 12:15 p.m., 700 Clark Hall.
"Pearl-Necklace Story of Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes," Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, May 5, 4 p.m., 165 Olin Hall.
TBA, Floyd Romesberg, Scripps Research Institute, May 1, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
TBA. Brian Lawhorn, chemistry and chemical biology, May 7, 4:40 p.m., 119 Baker Lab.
"Demonstration of an Innovative New Tool for Teaching Weed Identification, Biology and Management," Toni DiTommaso, crop and soil sciences, May 6, 4 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
"Shallow Compensation of the Colorado Rockies; A Plume Head Beneath the Tanzanian Shield: Examples of Surface Wave Tomography Using Regional Arrays of Seismic Stations," Don Forsyth, Brown University, May 6, 4:30 p.m., 2146 Snee Hall.
"Evolution of Avian Locomotion: Correlates of the Precocial-Altricial Spectrum, Body Size, Flight Behavior and the Origin of Flight," Kenneth Dial, University of Montana-Missoula, May 5, 12:30 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Evaluation of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana for Microbial Control of the Western Flower Thrips in Greenhouses," Todd Ugine, entomology, May 1, 4 p.m., A106 Corson Hall.
"Potential Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables," RuiHai Liu, food science, May 1, 4 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building.
"Operational Stability of Organic Light Emitting Diodes," Zoran Popovic, Xerox Research Centre, Canada, May 1, 4:30 p.m., 140 Bard Hall.
"Materials Chemistry and Physics for Thermoelectric Power Generation and Cooling," Jeffrey Snyder, California Institute of Technology, May 2, noon, 201 Thurston Hall.
"Why Are Viruses so Difficult to Tame? An Experimental Evolutionary Genomics Approach Using Phages," James Bull, University of Texas-Austin, May 2, 12:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium.
"Preparing Recombinant Multicomponent Protein Complexes for Biochemical and Structural Studies: Applications to Eukaryotic Gene Regulatory Complexes," Song Tan, Pennsylvania State University, May 2, 4 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building.
"Signaling Through the Cytoskeleton: How Actin Synergizes With Cdc42 to Induce Cell Polarity in Yeast," Rong Li, Harvard Medical School, May 5, 4 p.m., Lecture Hall III, Veterinary Research Tower.
"The Evolving Role of Finance in High Technology," Ken Goldman, Siebel Systems Inc., May 1, 4:30 p.m., B14 Hollister Hall.
"Post Conflict Reconstruction and Reconciliation: Lessons From the Cambodian Experience," Benny Widyono, visitor with the Southeast Asia Program, May 1, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Characterization of the Late Blight Resistance of Lycopersico Pimpinellifolium L3708 and Its Transfer to Elite Processing Tomato Lines," Minjea Kim, plant breeding, May 6, 12:20 p.m., 135 Emerson Hall.
TBA, Brian Jacob, Harvard University, May 6, 3:30 p.m., 114 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Sicily at a Crossroads: Implications of the Mafia/Anti-Mafia Struggle," Peter Schneider, Fordham University, and Jane Schneider, City University of New York, May 2, 4:30 p.m., 201 A.D. White House.
"Our Man in Delhi: The Smithsonian Institution, Indira Gandhi and Scientists as Policy Advocates," Michael Lewis, Salisbury University, May 5, 12:15 p.m., G08 Uris Hall.
"Body Shape Analysis for the Female Figure," Lenda Jo Connell, Auburn University, May 1, 12:20 p.m., 317 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall.
"Fluid-Structure Interaction by the Immersed Boundary Method," Charles Peskin, New York University, May 1, 3:30 p.m., B11 Kimball Hall.
"The Full Two-Body Problem and the Dynamics of Binary Asteroids," Daniel Scheeres, University of Michigan, May 2, 2:30 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall.symposiums
"Lusophone Africa: Intersections Between the Social Sciences," May 2-3, McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall. The keynote address is "Portugal's Colonial Project, High Modernism and Post-Colonial Amnesia: The Case of Mozambique," by Allen Issacman of the University of Minnesota, and will be May 2 at 6 p.m., with a reception to follow.
May 3 events, McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall:
* 8 a.m.- Breakfast and registration (free and open to the public.); welcome remarks by Muna Ndulo, law school, 8:45 p.m.
* 9:15 a.m. - Session I: "After the War: Political Economy of the Public and Private Sectors in Angola and Mozambique," moderated by Assis Malaquias of St. Lawrence University with panelists: Anne Pitcher, Colgate University; Nuno Vidal, University of Lisbon; and Renato Aquilar, Goteborg University, Sweden.
* 10:45 a.m. - Session II: "Whose Land Is It? State Authority and Local Power in Rural Mozambique," moderated by Kifle Gebremedhin, biological and environmental engineering, with panelists: John Unruh, Indiana University; Rachel Wrangham, London School of Economics; and Stephen Lubkeman, Brown University.
* 1:30 p.m. - Session III: "The View From the Islands: Resources and Development in Portuguese Island Nations," moderated by Josephine Allen, policy analysis and management, with panelists: Victor Reis, University of Lisbon-Portugal; Maria Ines Varela-Silva, University of Michigan-Dearborn; Steve Kyle, applied economics and management; and Dalila de Sousa, Spelman College.
* 3 p.m. - Session IV: "Politics, History and Sociology in Lusophone Africa: From Guinea to Mozambique," moderated by Sandra Greene, history, with panelists: Kathleen Sheldon, University of Los Angeles; Andrew Kirkendall, Texas A&M University; Clara Carvalho Picarra, University of Lisbon, Portugal; and Eric Morier-Genoud, Binghamton University.
A conference titled "Reconciling Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation: Identifying Relationships and Remedies," May 2-3 in Warren Hall. Read the story.
May 2, all in Room 401, Warren Hall:
* "Rural Poverty and Renewable Resources," 8:15-10 a.m.
* "Labor, Agriculture and Resource Dynamics," 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
* "Communities, Conflict and Management," 2-3:45 p.m.
* "The Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural Systems," 4:15 p.m.-6 p.m.
May 3:
* "Collective Action: An Effective Dual Purpose Tool," 8:15-10 a.m., and 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 401 Warren Hall.
* "Sustainable Agriculture Intensification Experiences," 8:15-10 a.m., 201 Warren Hall.
* "Advancing Agricultural Innovation," 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 201 Warren Hall.
* "Paying the Poor for Environmental Services," 2-3:45 p.m., 401 Warren Hall.
* "Biodiversity Conservation Amid Endemic Poverty," 4-6:15 p.m., 401 Warren Hall.
The conference Web site is http://afsnrm.aem.cornell.edu/Pverty/.theater
Performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet are May 1-3 at 3 p.m. and May 3 at 2 p.m. in the Kiplinger Theatre of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets in advance are $8 for seniors/students and $10 for the general public. Call or visit the Schwartz Center box office, 430 College Ave., weekdays, 12:30-5:30 p.m.; 254-ARTS.miscellany
CALS is sponsoring a pesticide applicator certification orientation May 6-7. Attendance at this program is required for all new pesticide applicators at Cornell. Pre-registration is required. For more information, contact Eric Harrington at 255-0485 or eh22@cornell.edu.
Meetings are open to the public and will be held Monday through Friday, 12:15 p.m., in Anabel Taylor Hall. For more information, call 273-1541.
Emotions Anonymous, a 12-step program for those dealing with emotional problems, meets Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 109 Oak Ave. For information, call Ed at 387-8257.
Free tutorial assistance in writing.
* 178 Rockefeller, Sunday, 2-8 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 7-10 p.m.
* 222 Robert Purcell, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
* 320 Noyes Center, Sunday-Thursday, 7-10 p.m.
For info, visit http://www.arts.cornell.edu/writing/.sports
May 2, at Princeton, noon and 3 p.m.
May 4, Princeton, noon and 3 p.m.
May 3, Dartmouth
May 1-4, IHSA Nationals, Mufreesboro, Tenn.
May 2, Hobart, 7 p.m.
May 3, Harvard, 1 p.m.
May 3, at Quinnipiac, noon and 2 p.m.
May 3-4, Heps Championship, at New Haven
May 3-4, Heps Championship, at New Haven